3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023
Structural diversity of molecular nitrogen on approach to polymeric states
Alexander F. Goncharov, Iskander G. Batyrev, Elena Bykova +7
Nitrogen represents an archetypal example of material exhibiting a pressure driven transformation from molecular to polymeric state. Detailed investigations of such transformations…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023
Assessing the stability fields of molecular and polymeric CO2
Alexander F. Goncharov, Elena Bykova, Maxim Bykov +4
We investigated the stability of polymeric CO2 over a wide range of pressures, temperatures, and chemical environments. We find that the I-42d polymeric structure, consisting of a…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014
Novel non-magnetic hard boride Co5B16 synthesized under high pressure
Elena Bykova, Alexander A. Tsirlin, Huiyang Gou +2
A first cobalt boride with the Co:B ratio below 1:1, Co5B16, was synthesized under high-pressure high-temperature conditions. It has a unique orthorhombic structure (space group Pm…